" Big bro wait, Is she your girlfriend?" Both girls stared at him excitedly.
He stopped and turned back with a sigh. " Wait for me, okay?" he said and quickly strode out.
When he came out of the building he quickly went to the garage entered his car then drove out.
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Clara panted as she walked hastily down the street. ' Oh Mira, what happened to you.' She looked down at her phone again and stared at the number that was continuously going to voicemail.
' Argh, what is happening.' she sighed then finally put the phone bag on her back. She stopped walking as her bag had suddenly dropped down, then she bent down to pick it up when Carl stopped in from of her with his car.
She straightened up with a gasp and watched his dark expression. 'Oh no, I'm in trouble' she remembered how she had suddenly left his house and quickly started walking again.
" Clara!?" Carl stared at the girl's back with a frown and wondered what was wrong with her. From her behavior earlier he had deduced that she knew Mira. He sighed and sped up then parked the car in front of her. " Get in, " he commanded while watching her fearful expression.
Clara stood still and knew there was no escape for her now. She lowered her head gloomily and got inside the car with a sigh.
Carl watched her gloomy expression and decided not to say anything. He sighed inside and started driving again.
After a while, she glanced sideways at him while contemplating, then breathed deeply and finally muttered, " Ehm Carl, d..do you also know Mira?" She fidgeted with the hem of her blouse and hoped he wouldn't scold her because of breaking one of the rules again.
" Mm, " Carl replied nonchalantly and continued driving. He had expected her to speak about the rule she had just broken and sighed.
" Th..then your brother__" she bit her lips when he suddenly cut her off.
" We're here." He stopped the car and suddenly muttered, then a small frown appeared on his face.
Clara glanced outside the window and saw that they had arrived at her apartment building. She frowned as he hadn't answered her question and looked at him then said, " But__"
" Go." Carl sighed and rubbed his forehead then started the engine again, and she gasped and quickly unbuckled her seatbelts then went out of the car.
Clara stared in astonishment as the car zoomed off. " Hmph, so obnoxious." She scoffed then turned around and entered the apartment building.
__ Later, That Night __
Clara sat on the bed and dialed Mira's number again which instantly got through.
" Mira? where are you,?" She said softly with a sigh of relief.
Mira frowned from the other end and wondered why her voice sounds gloomy. " Clara, how're you doing, " she asked cheerfully.
Clara sighed again. now that she had realized it, her friend was trying so hard to mask her grief and she felt so bad for her. " I called you several times__"
" Oh, my phone was off. Is something wrong, " Mira asked worriedly from the other end. She had actually switched off her phone because of Zach's call earlier.
" Mira, I know, " She said softly and listened to her friend's breath from the other end.
Mira paused for a second and asked her wearily. " W..what are you talking about?" Not thinking she would talk about what she suspected.
" I know who Zach is." She paused then added factually ." He's Carl's brother."
Mira's expression turned gloomy and she sighed. When Clara had told her about her miraculous promotion to the CEO's assistant, she had guessed that she would eventually know about Zach. But how did she deduce that he was the same person?
Clara continued as she heard silence from the other end. " What happened between you two?"
" Uhm, Clara, I'll return tomorrow. . . I promise to tell you everything."
" Mmm, okay, please take care." Clara nodded, and after they bid each other goodbye, she stared at her phone with a sigh, then decided to give Carl a call to remind him about dinner.
" Huh?" she frowned as the call was not picked up from the other end. She tried again several times then sighed and finally put down the phone. ' Is he mad at me.' she remembered how he had chased her out of the car and bit her lips then looked down. ' why can't he be nice even for once.' She thought about how he had drastically changed and sighed again, then yawned and lay down on the bed after putting away her phone, and fell asleep.
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Carl stared at his phone and sighed after dialing her number for the fifth time, which wasn't answered.
He had come out of the bathroom a while ago and saw several of her missed calls, and he chuckled, knowing that she had wanted to remind him about eating dinner.
His eyes darted toward the small box of medicines on the bedside table and sighed again. " Clara, " he muttered softly and decided to text her, then went to sleep.
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Clara woke up in the morning and quickly prepared, knowing that Carl's driver would arrive at any moment.
She picked up her phone and tapped the screen then stilled and her eyes widened.
He had tested her. She quickly tapped into the message notification and read it, then her brows knitted. ' I shouldn't come to work for the next three days,? and I'm not allowed to leave my apartment?'.
"Hehe, this is absurd" she chuckled and put down her bag then sat on the couch with a huge smile.
'Hmmm, but I'm going to miss gazing at his handsome face...well it's just for three days.' she sighed and stared at her phone.
She scrolled down and tap the message Derek had sent to her yesterday, which was informing her about the dinner party. She smiled happily and stood up. "well at least I'll be free."
She went inside the bedroom and changed into home clothes then lazied around; watching tv and playing with her phone all day.